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CHONDROPTERVGIl. 



SQUALID^. 



THE ANGEL-FISH. 



MONK-FISH, SHARK-RAV, and KINGSTON. 



Squatina aiigelus, Dumeril. Cuvier, Regne An. t. ii. p. 394. 



,, Monk, or Angel-fish, Willughby, p. 79, D. 3. 



Sqicalus squatina, Linn;ei's. Bloch, pt. iv. pi. 116. 



,, ,, Angel i,hark, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 130, pi. 15, 



male. 

 „ „ ,, ,, Don. Brit. Fish. pi. 17. 



Squatina vulgaris. Monk-fish, Flem. Brit. An. p. 169, sp. 16. 



„ Angelus, Angel-fish, Jenyns, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 507, sp. 197. 



Generic Characters. — Body very much depressed ; head flat, rounded ante- 

 riorly ; both eyes on the upper surface ; temporal orifices present ; mouth at the 

 end of the snout ; pectoral fins large ; two dorsal fins, both behind the ventrals ; 

 no anal fin. 



This fish, certainly more remarkable for the singularity o£ 

 its form than for its beauty, is called Angel-fish in England, 

 France, and Italy, and is said to have acquired that name 

 from the extended pectoral fins having the appearance of 

 wings : it is also called Monk-fish, because its rounded head 

 looks as if enveloped in a monk"'s hood. Mr. Donovan says 

 the form of its body has obtained for it in some places the 



